Making a soap mold liner is a little tricky to learn at first but it is well worth the effort.
The liner makes it easy to remove the soap from a wooden soap mold and gives the soap a smooth finish.
As a bonus, you can usually use the liner a couple of times before having to make a new one.
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| 1. Cut a piece of cardboard 1/8" smaller than the base of your mold. | 2. Cut a piece of butchers paper or freezer paper that is large enough to cover the base and up the sides of the mold. |
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| 3. Fold the left side of the freezer paper over the cardboard. | 4. Fold the right side of the freezer paper over the cardboard. |
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| 5. Place paper covered cardboard into mold creating top and bottom folds. Remove from mold. | 6. Line up creases in corner to create the corner folds. |
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| 7. Fold the corners to the outside and place the liner in the mold. | 8. Clip corners down and fold down sides. Tape paper edges to outside of mold. |